Acclaimed Moroccan event Essaouira Gnaoua and World Music Festival 2019 will take place June 20-23. The festival is held in Essawira, on Morocco’s Atlantic coast.…
Morocco’s Essaouira Gnaoua and World Music Festival Reveals 2019 Lineup
Tag: Tinariwen
Artist Profiles: Desert Blues Band Tinariwen
Tinariwen (originally Taghreft Tinariwen, or “edification of the lands”) became known for vocalizing the political plight of endangered nomads. Their music spoke to the Tuareg…
Recording Academy Announces 60th Annual Grammy Awards Nominees for Best World Music Album
Last evening, the Recording Academy announced the recordings nominated for Best World Music Album. This category includes albums containing at least 51% playing time of…
Tinariwen Release Advance of ‘Sastanàqqàm’, the first single from forthcoming new album Elwan
Malian desert blues band Tinariwen has released a video advance of ‘Sastanàqqàm,’ the first single from the band’s upcoming new album, Elwan, scheduled for release…
Musical Eye-Opener to Refugee Crisis
Various Artists – The Long Road (British Red Cross, 2016) With proceeds going to the British Red Cross UK Refugee Support Service and with help…
British Red Cross Releases The Long Road Benefit Album
The British Red Cross has released The Long Road, a concept world music album featuring Robert Plant, Scroobius Pip, the Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars,…
Music Without Borders Presents Dandana: A Celebration of Muslim Voices with Tinariwen and Omar Faruk Takbilek
Tinariwen returns to Chicago for a concert on Thursday, June 17, 2010, at 6:30 pm, on the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park. They…